Alex

Palma Nova actually

I tell you what like, I felt for Luke Shaw. He was out on his feet with about 35 minutes to go and Southgate hung the poor cunt out to dry. Even more so as he could’ve done a straight swap for TAA or TrIppier or put either of them on and shifted Saka over.

Basically played well in the first half v Holland 😂

Lucky as fuck to get this far and Southgate cements his legacy by being ultra conservative / utterly dull in the final. Spain weren’t great by their standards but they didn’t have to be. He’s a nice bloke but he’s an absolutely bang average manager. And if you think that’s an overreaction, honestly tell me how you’d feel if him and Howe swapped jobs tomorrow. Spain were comfortably the best (and most entertaining) team in the tournament though so well deserved and definitely the right result

The Marriage Portrait/Maggie O’Farrell. No idea what it’s like but it’s for this online book club

Obviously impacts everything going forward too. In the modern era of one upfront through the middle he’s a passenger now. Toney or Watkins are better options. Like I’ve said before, start with him if you must, but he’s lucky if he gets 60 mins going off his performance tonight.

Shite game.

Please don’t boo the Spanish national anthem. You pig-ignorant cunts

It’s exactly 5 years to the day since Stokes dragged England to that World Cup final win. There’s a lot happened since but it feels like yesterday.

In the interests of balance and because it tastes nice, I’m having the odd Estrella Galicia. @PaddockLad not sure if you knew, as I believe you’re a fan, they stock it in LIdl now. Which reminds me, as I believe you’re also a fan of Cuban Ron, they do their own 7 yo Cuban Rum now. I’ve had better but it’s very decent. Especially for the price

I was reading there had been a lot of people who had put their names forward to commentate on the Surfing events. Which are taking place in….Tahiti

Incredible achievement by Djokovic to make the final only a few weeks after knee surgery. I think he’ll keep going as long as he thinks he has a chance of winning majors. But bar the bit at the end of the third set, when his first serve went missing, Alcaraz was on a different plane. It wasn’t even close until that point

I thought he played well v the Netherlands too

I’ve got 3 kids in tow, so that should make you feel better

Irrespective of what’s just happened, it’s absolutely typical that they’ve got him on.

It’s really bad but I think it could’ve only been worse if he’d been killed. And I fucking despise the cunt. I also hope this doesn’t mean any decisions on Biden’s future are delayed. But like Gemmill, I am absolutely not going to let it consume my thoughts. I’m on leave for the next two weeks, including a week abroad. I’ve got a book about Italia 90, Michael Palin’s 80 Days Around the World and a historical novel about the Medicis lined up.

Bit of a boring take on a classic imo.

It’s a shame Nike and Adidas dominate the market so much. Umbro tend to make really nice kits, training gear etc

Good advice on Wearside tbf

I’m sure we did similar at SJP pre-season once, also involving Gateshead iirc

5 pm kickoff so they’ll still be playing I think

Second favourite question was “Do you hate the mags anarl?”

I mean I want us to win but the consolation when we lose (which I expect) is the amount of wankers who follow the national team. Not to mention the part-timers

Well he’s quite intelligent so that sets him apart from most of them

I saw a kid wearing one and they’re just a normal ‘regular’ fit as well. They try and make everything a favourable comparison with us and invariably fail Even the crack about everyone hating us was put to bed by another survey that suggested we’re much better liked. If I was them I’d be going out of my way not to think about us atm. But no, the Amanda Staveley thing has resulted in a massive thread on there, where they’ve made up a load of ridiculous scenarios. Which will no doubt then annoy them when they don’t happen.